Guide · Study science
A flashcard is only as good as the question on it. The difference between cards that stick and cards that waste your time comes down to a few simple rules — and you can now skip the busywork by generating them from your notes.
The single most important rule is to keep each card atomic — one question, one answer. When a card asks for three things at once, you can half-know it and still rate it correct, so the scheduler never learns what you actually struggle with. Split a fat card into several small ones and each fact gets its own honest test.
Paste notes, upload a lecture PDF, or snap a photo of a textbook page.
Brainfy pulls one-fact question-answer pairs from your material rather than inventing facts, so the cards stay grounded in your source.
Skim the draft, fix anything off, and the deck is ready for spaced review.
Hand-writing cards is great practice, but when you have a hundred pages to cover, Brainfy's AI flashcards get you to the recall part faster.
Exactly one. If you can answer a card while still being fuzzy on part of it, split it into separate cards so each fact is tested on its own.
Yes, where they help — diagrams, maps, and structures recall better as pictures. Just keep one idea per card.
Copying whole sentences leads to memorising wording, not meaning. Rephrase each point as a question with a short, specific answer.
Use it as a fast first draft. Brainfy grounds cards in the source you give it, but you should still skim and correct before studying.
As many small ones as it takes — atomic cards are the goal, not few cards. A dozen tight cards beat three overloaded ones.
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